HUMANITARIAN AID WORK DONE BY CECI TO 31 MARCH 2010

HUMANITARIAN AID WORK DONE
BY CECI TO 31 MARCH 2010
Further to needs assessments, CECI worked in the following areas:
Health sector:
CECI distributed medicines worth a total of $1 156 670, including $1 092 625 in in-kind
donations and $64 045 from fundraising. These amounts include maritime and ground
freight, customs, storage, labour to put together the kits, etc.
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The following institutions received this aid:
ƒ Centre pour le développement de la santé
ƒ Hinche Hospital
ƒ La Gonave Wesleyan Hospital
ƒ Université Quisqueya mobile clinic
ƒ Civil Protection Department
ƒ Nord Est Hospital
ƒ Roche à Bateau Hospital
ƒ Diquini Hospital
ƒ St. Marc Hospital
Health volunteers and relief logistics: CECI mobilized over 100 volunteers from
different professions, the majority of them from the Haitian diaspora, for the most
part doctors, nurses, relief specialists, communication officers, emergency specialists,
psychiatrists, and psychologists. The health care personnel was assigned to the Diquini
hospitals, the PAP general hospital, and the St. Marc hospital. CECI covered airline
tickets, housing, and food for the volunteers. Their time was worth $480,000, and
they were mobilized at a cost of $233,000. During the first month of the crisis, Air
Transat flew about 50 of our volunteers for free. These people were assigned to
various tasks, but in the early part of the crisis health services were provided mainly
at the Diquini hospital in Carrefour, where the earthquake caused heavy damage and
at the St. Marc hospital, where thousands of victims were treated.
Beneficiaries:
The centres where CECI provided supplies and services served at least 2,000 people
per day during the first two months of the crisis for a total of 120,000 beneficiaries.
Looking ahead:
CECI is also in contact with the Cardinal Leger Centre based in Léogane to provide
medicines as necessary and to support repairs to the outpatient clinic and provide
temporary shelter for the Sœurs de Christ-Roi, who direct the centre. It is also
planned to provide salary support for the centre’s medical personnel for a period of six
months.
Food and drinking water aid:
CECI distributed food and water on a large scale for a total value of $1 425 124,
consisting of $176 126 in in-kind donations and $1 246 998 from fundraising. In
order to support the resumption of economic activities, CECI sourced preferentially on
the local market in Artibonite and Bas Plateau Central. Local sourcing in Haiti
accounted for 69% of the value of the food distributed. Approximately 10% came
from the Dominican Republic and 21% from Canada.
The main products purchased locally were:
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rice (162,985 kg)
corn (100,600 kg)
beans (100 021 kg)
dried fish (800 kg)
The products from Canada were:
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milk (20 pallets – 100 bags)
oil (12,855 1.89-litre bottles)
canned fish - tuna, sardines (45 pallets)
juice (44 pallets)
pasta (4 pallets)
water (50 pallets)
Beneficiaries:
CECI supported about 60,000 people on a regular basis for the first eight weeks of the
crisis. CECI’s approach was to make up provision kits designed to support a family of
five for a week. Several of the centres covered by CECI were visited three or four
times. In total, CECI provided the equivalent of two meals per day during at least eight
weeks for 60,000 people, amounting to over 6 million meals during the first two
months following the quake.
Sites covered:
Distribution took place in close cooperation with the Civil Protection Department, city
officials, and local citizens committees in neighborhoods along the Port-auPrince/Carrefour/Gressier/Léogane/Grand Goâve/Petit Goâve axis.
CECI does not manage any camps. Instead, it provides
aid to vulnerable groups who did not or could not get
to the humanitarian aid camps. More specifically, we
worked with hospitals, churches/schools run by
religious congregations where many victims took
refuge, orphanages, various families and residences
(e.g., senior citizens’ or women’s centres) in the
communes of Port-au-Prince, Pétionville, Delmas,
Croix-des-Bouquets, Carrefour, Gressier, Léogane,
Grand Goâve, and St Marc. See the appendices for the
list of sites covered by CECI during the first three
months.
Temporary shelter:
CECI provided temporary shelters (tents), tarps, and blankets from Canada to the abovementioned priority groups. However, since there were far from enough tents available to
meet the victims’ needs, CECI prioritized the most vulnerable people, i.e., pregnant
women, nursing women, seniors, children (orphanages), and people with disabilities or
illnesses. To date, CECI has sent supplies from Canada worth a total of $284 327,
consisting of $31 333 in in-kind donations and $252 994 from fundraising.
As at 31 March 2010, CECI had distributed:
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548 tents
1,686 tarps
9,363 blankets
Note that a large supply of tents and blankets are now in transit and remain to be
distributed.
Looking ahead:
CECI is looking at the possibility of participating in the construction of a modern village
based on Haitian standards along the Léogane/Petit Goâve axis to be funded by the
organization.
We are also negotiating for substantial funding from USAID-OFDA to support host families
in Artibonite with a major cash-for-work and home repair program. The work will consist
of rehabilitating and solidifying irrigation canals so as to contribute to the success of the
next harvest and to food security in Haiti.
Survival kits:
For the above-mentioned priority groups, CECI assembled survival kits worth a total of
$421 741, consisting of $93 890 in in-kind donations (including $40,000 from CIDA) and
$327 851 from other funding sources. The kits are composed of buckets with covers,
cooking pots, dishware, flashlights, batteries, plastic canteens, etc. Over 7,000 kits are
planned. At least half remained to be distributed as at March 31.
Clothing:
CECI received major clothing donations from Chabanel district fashion companies and
several clothing stores. The value of these goods amounted to $1 009 500. CECI
complemented the supplies by purchasing $70,476 of women’s, men’s, and children’s
underwear, for a total value of $1 079 976. The bulk of this clothing left Canada in late
March, so it has yet to be distributed. This clothing is intended for displaced persons now
in Artibonite and for people who lost everything in the quake.
In addition, 1,000 kits for newborn babies were prepared and given to new mothers who
gave birth after the quake. The kits include cotton diapers, paper diapers, clothing for
newborns including bonnets, towels, blankets, soap, etc. The value of these kits is
approximately $30,000, half in kind and half in cash.
Sanitation:
CECI prepared and distributed the equivalent of 3,500 women’s hygiene kits, composed of
soap, shampoo, hand disinfectant, bleach, toothbrush, toothpaste, sanitary napkins,
towels, etc. CECI also gave 250 hygiene kits to the Civil Protection Department to support
families identified by the Department during its tours through the neighborhoods of Portau-Prince. In the coming days, CECI will reach 5,000 hygiene kits distributed, benefiting a
total of 25,000 people. These kits are worth a total of $185 343, consisting of in-kind
donations worth $15 112 and cash donations of $170 231.
CECI also bought 4 3600-liter water tanks worth a total of $28,000 to be provided to the
centres with the most pressing needs. The tanks are now in containers en route for Haiti
via the Dominican Republic and will be available for the people within a few weeks.
Economic recovery:
CECI has initiated activities to support women’s recapitalization with a view to facilitating
the resumption of their economic activities. The program has reached 567 beneficiaries
and injected a total of $312 741 into small businesses (15,000.00 HTG or Cdn $400 per
beneficiary). Apart from helping displaced women in the camps, CECI collaborated with
SOFA and Fanm Deside, two organizations working to improve women’s standard of living
in Haiti.
The same kinds of measures are planned, in conjunction with women’s organizations, for
displaced women in the Northern department and a follow-up system has also been put in
place.
Appendix 1: Sites/centres/organizations reached by CECI
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Association des paysans de Vallue (APV) in Petit-Goâve
Collège Saint Pierre
Saint Louis Roi de France Church
Rue du Champs de Mars Garage
Sœurs de Sainte Anne
Vallée de Bourdon/Nan Garnier
Vallée de Bourdon/Jobel
Villa Manrese de Turgeau
AFCA (Delmas 33)
Berthé
Centre Morette, Méyotte
Centre Nan Hauteur, Pernier
CEPEM
Delmas 31, various families
Delmas 33, rue Latortue
Delmas 40 B, zone après Lycée
Delmas 48, Rue Merisier
Delmas 75, various families RSD
Delmas 77, next to Ravine
Delmas 91, Camp
Delmas, Impasse Jatram/Rue H.
Delmas 40B, Centre Musseau
Delmas 75, Zone CAMEP
Église de Dieu de la Grace (Delmas 33)
Puits Blain families
Various families, Pernier
Brebis Saint Michel Orphanage
Enfant Jésus de Méyotte Orphanage
Palais de l’art (Delmas 33)
Rue Boisrond Canal, Delmas 83
Rue Gabart
Santo Community church 11
Various families, Depio
FRADES, Duval 35
Orphanage, Centre d’accueil enfants démunis Santo 15
Orphanage, Centre d’accueil enfants démunis Santo 16
Espoir d’enfants Orphanage (Santo)
Notre Dame de Lourdes Orphanage (Santo)
St François d’Assises Orphanage
Ti zanmi Jezi Orphanage
UNAH Adventist Campus
Galilée Church, Thor 10
Golgotha Church, Bizoton 53
Philadelphie Church
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Schilo Church, Mahotière 75
Sinaï Church, Diquini
Various families, Corso
Adventist Hospital (patients and relatives)
Sœurs Ste Thérèse
Cité de Gressier
St Jean Baptiste de Gressier Church
Béthanie Xavier ville Church
La Colline
Asile St Vincent de Paul (seniors)
Darbonne, Cercey
Dimba, Cercey
Flon marché
Mapou Buissonnière
Signeaux Sanatorium
Sargousse, Ruelle Santo
Sargousse, Ruelle Simon
Village de Jésus (senior women)
Cardinal Leger Hospital
Comité de Développement pour le relèvement de Grand Goâve